To the Editor:I am writing in regard to the proposed budget cuts to education, senior dining funds for waivers and things the county funds to our handicapped, etc. I’m especially concerned about the freeze on wages that comes from the state money that agency’s who supply in-home-care services, etc. In most cases they only get a raise one time per year from these funds, not from their employers.I understand that Minnesota has a big deficit, but these cuts are just not right nor fair to those of us who rely on these services and the raise that we get from these funds. It’s very little, but in some cases it is better than none at all. Let alone that, all of us that give health care services of any kind do not make what we are worth for the quality of service we give.Instead of cutting these services and freezing people’s wages why not cut politicians wages or raise taxes even a little? But no, these were not options at all. We received rebates that were very nice, especially for those who live between below poverty and middle class. But now we have this big deficit and, of course, who is at risk to suffer from the proposed cuts? Our children, elderly and our wages as we work for companies depending on state funds.There definitely has to be another way, as we are talking about our children, who are our future, our elderly, who shaped our country and our handicapped, who can’t help their situation as they did not ask to be this way.Evie KephartLuverne
